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Eskaton held Fashion Show

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Matías Bombal’s Hollywood .....................9

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New trail debuts in Carmichael

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Vol. XXV • No. 3

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By MoniCa [email protected]

It’s been called a sweet sport with a sour name. Pickleball. What is it? According to the USA Pickleball Association, it’s a paddle sport created for all ages and skill levels. Th e rules are simple and the game is easy for beginners to learn, but it can develop into a quick, fast-paced, competitive game for experienced play-ers. A fun sport that combines many elements of tennis, badminton and ping-pong, pickle-ball is played both indoors or outdoors on a badminton-sized court and a slightly modifi ed tennis net. It’s a game that’s played with a pad-dle and a plastic ball.

And ask Carmichael Recreation and Park District sports coordinator Joe Asaro about it. He’s got folks hooked, as 25 to 35 people drop in the La Sierra gym on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Th ursday with play going from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. “I like seeing people who come in as strangers get to know each other and enjoy one another’s company while getting exercise and having fun in a non overly competitive en-vironment,” he said.

All skill levels from fi rst timers to seasoned veterans are welcome. “First timers love the beginner class and if you are more experi-enced and looking for a friendly and compet-itive game then our program is the one for you,” Asaro said. Enjoying what he likes to call the equalizer eff ect, he said it’s more im-portant to have good patience, touch, and fi -nesse rather than being aggressive, fast, and strong. “Th ere are few games where a retired senior citizen can compete and often defeat someone in their 20s or 30s, and this is one of those games. It is a sport designed to be played by all ... If you are a somewhat sea-soned player we have fi ve courts available for ‘drop in’ pick up games that we coordinate on a chalkboard, with a good mix of players and skill levels. If you are new to the sport we of-fer a beginner class on Tuesdays from 9 to10 a.m., this class focuses of the rules, funda-mentals, and basic strategy of Pickleball. We also have an Intermediate class on Th ursdays from 9 to 10 a.m., this class delves into var-ious types of skill shots as well as next level

Pickleball: A sport for all comes to Carmichael

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Wintertime is the per-fect time to focus on home improvement projects, and Sacramento Suburban Wa-ter District (SSWD) has some handy suggestions on water-efficient ones to un-dertake that can conserve water and make life a lit-tle better.

One of the first things people can do is replace their older toilets with new water-efficient ones. Toilets account for the most water used inside a home, and represent near-ly 30 percent of an average home’s water consump-tion. Older, less efficient toilets can use as much as 6 gallons per flush, almost 13,000 gallons a year.

When you’re shopping for a new toilet, make sure to look for one with a Wa-terSense label. WaterSense Labeled toilets are third party tested and indepen-dently certified to ensure they meet the U.S. En-vironmental Protection Agency’s criteria for both efficiency and performance. The State’s Department of Water Resources may still have toilet rebate funding available on their website, www. saveour water. com. WaterSense labeled prod-ucts are 20 percent more water-efficient than aver-age products, and include faucets, showerheads, toi-lets, weather-based irriga-tion controllers, urinals, and even new homes.

Improve your home and conserve water this winter with some help from Sacramento Suburban Water District

Another up-grade to con-sider is a re-circulating hot water pump. These pumps are an inex-pensive way to conserve wa-ter and energy; and have in-stant hot wa-ter at the turn of the tap. The pump’s tim-er can be set to run during times when hot water is needed at the furthest part of your home from the water heat-er (i.e. early morning be-fore showering). During operation, the cold water in the pipe is cycled to-and-from your hot wa-ter heater, so that the wa-ter in the pipes is hot, and ready when you want it. An added bonus: Sac-ramento Suburban Wa-ter District offers a $150 rebate for these pumps to help offset costs.

SSSWD customers can also stop by the office to pick up a free Water Conservation Kit. The kit contains:• 2 - Low flow adjustable

showerheads;

• 2 - Dual thread faucet aera-tors for the bathroom;

• 1 – Dual thread kitchen faucet aerator;

• Dye tablets for checking to see if your toilet is leaking; and,

• A handy instruction sheet to make installation easy

And while at the office, they can sign you up a comple-mentary Water-Wise House Call to identify additional water efficient practices that you may be interested in im-plementing.. Customers can also schedule a Water-Wise House Call by calling SS-WD’s customer service cen-ter at 916-972-7171.

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Mission North Park unveils new nature trail

A nature trail stretching in length a third of a mile will be un-veiled at Mission North Park on Th ursday at 4 p.m. and will in-clude a ribbon cutting and kids’ activities. Circling the perime-ter of the park, the parking lot is the starting point and ending point for the concrete trail which runs along the Chicken Ranch Slough and has an outdoor nature education area for schools and groups. It has many environmental features such as interpretive signs and nature trail signage. Fifty percent of the $330,000 trail was funded by the state with a matching grant. Th e planning and developing of the trail has taken one year.

Th is new paved trail has numerous benefi ts: 1) A safe route to school for those attending Churchill Mid-

dle School2) An accessible means to enjoy better views of the creek and

other park features3) An improved path for exercise through walking, jogging,

and bicycling.

Mission North Park is located at 3344 Mission Ave. in Carmi-chael. For questions or comments, please call the District Offi ce at 488-2810.


Compiled by: MoniCa StarK

The news items below are col-lected from police dispatchers’ notes and arrest reports. The information in them has of-ten not been verified beyond the initial reports. All sus-pects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

reporting Date: Friday, Jan. 29

Officers responded to the call of a stolen vehicle at the corner of West El Cami-no Avenue and Northgate at 1:43 a.m. The driver and passenger were contacted. The driver was ultimately arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle and a parole violation.

The victim was assault-ed by a female suspect at the 2500 block of Del Paso Boulevard at 11:09 a.m. The victim sustained a non-life threatening inju-ry and was transported to an area hospital. Officers checked the area for the suspect and located her. The suspect was safely de-

tained and ultimately ar-rested for assault.

Officers responded to the call of a bait bike activation at the 2400 block of Rio Linda Boulevard at 11:46 a.m. Officers quickly ar-rived on scene and located the male suspect riding the stolen bicycle. The suspect was detained and arrest-ed for theft, possession of stolen property, a probation violation and possession of narcotic paraphernalia.

Officers responded to the call of a welfare check. When officers arrived on scene, they located a de-ceased male inside the res-idence at the 1800 block of El Monte Avenue at 2:53 a.m. The coroner was re-quested to respond as foul play did not appear to be a factor.

Officers were patrolling the 1700 block of Arden Way at 7:30 p.m. when they ob-served a stolen vehicle. The driver was contacted and ar-rested for an outstanding warrant and possession of stolen property.

A male suspect entered a business at the 2900 block of Del Paso Boulevard at 10:06 p.m., selected miscel-laneous merchandise items and began to leave when an employee intervened. A struggle ensued and the sus-pect assaulted the employee causing a non-life threaten-ing injury. The suspect fled prior to officers arriving on scene. Officers canvassed the area for evidence and the investigation remains active.

Officers responded to the report of a missing person at the 4200 block of Balsam Street at 10:25 p.m. The fe-male adult ran away from a group home and has done this in the past. Officers checked multiple locations for the missing person. A report was generated.

Officers responded to the call of a vehicle collision on eastbound I-80 near Nor-wood Avenue at 10:47 p.m. One involved subject fled from the scene prior to of-ficers arriving but was later located and safely detained. The passengers sustained non-life threatening inju-ries and were not transport-ed to area hospitals. A re-port was generated.

reporting date: Saturday, Jan. 30

Officers responded to the residence regarding a report of a burglary on the 700 block of Northfield Drive at 5:57 p.m. The unknown suspect forcibly entered the apartment, armed himself with a weapon, and tempo-rarily refused to come out after police arrived. SWAT and negotiators were called to the scene for assistance. The suspect eventually sur-rendered to officers and was arrested for burglary.

Officers responded to the residence regarding a report of domestic violence at the 1300 block of Pebblewood Drive at 10:02 p.m. The suspect reportedly assaulted the victim and was arrested as a result.

reporting date: Sunday, Jan. 31

At midnight at the inter-section of North Avenue and Rio Linda Boulevard, officers made contact with the occupants of a suspi-cious vehicle and later dis-covered that the car was stolen. The driver was ar-rested for vehicle theft and other charges.

An officer responded to the residence regarding a re-port of a ringing alarm at the 2500 block of Aimonet-ti Avenue at 1:34 a.m. Upon arrival, the officer discov-ered evidence of a burglary and spotted a man inside of the home. The suspect ulti-mately fled from the location in a vehicle, later determined to be stolen, causing damage to the property. The man was never located, follow-up was conducted, and a report was generated.

Officers responded to the 2800 block of Del Paso Boulevard at 3:51 a.m. re-garding a report of a vehi-cle accident with minor in-juries. The driver struck two parked cars in the area and was detained by officers. She was arrested for suspi-cion of DUI.

Officers responded to a residence, located at the 900 block of Regatta Drive at 5:29 p.m., regarding an at-tempted burglary. The res-idents were home when an unknown juvenile suspect attempted to enter the loca-tion without success. The suspect fled from the area

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in an unknown car prior to police arrival. A report was generated.

Officers responded to the 2400 block of Empress Street at 10 p.m. regarding a report of a robbery. Three unknown suspects confront-ed the victim, assaulted him, took his property, and fled from the area in a vehicle. A report was generated and follow-up was conducted.

Officers responded to a res-idence at 10:47 p.m. regard-ing a report of an assault and a ShotSpotter activation. A known suspect assaulted the victim and also discharged a round from a handgun into the ground prior to fleeing from the area. Follow-up was conducted and a report was generated.

reporting date: Monday, Feb. 1

Officers responded to the 3700 block of Northgate

Boulevard at 8:58 p.m. re-garding a report of a robbery. Two unknown suspects en-tered the location armed with firearms, demanded money, fled to an awaiting vehicle, and left the area. A report was generated.

Officers conducted a pro-bation search at a residence at the 2400 block of Rio Linda Boulevard at 10:39 a.m. During the search two handguns were found. One subject was arrested for weapons offenses and out-standing warrants.

reporting date: tuesday, Feb. 2

An officer stopped a sto-len vehicle at the intersec-tion of El Camino Avenue and Edgewater Road and detained the driver at 12:58 a.m. The man was arrested for a violation of probation, possession of ammunition, possession of stolen proper-ty, and vehicle theft.

Officers responded to a residence located on the

1800 block of Zurlo Way at 8:25 a.m. to check the wel-fare of a man who report-edly made threats to harm family members. Upon ar-rival, officers safely made contact with the man and found him in possession on ammunition. The suspect was arrested as a result.

Officers responded to the 100 block of Promenade Circle at 9:50 a.m. regarding a report of a vehicle burglary and determined that proper-ty was taken. A report was generated.

Officers responded to a res-idence at the 5000 block of Kankakee Drive at 11:47 a.m. regarding a report of a ringing alarm and determined that a burglary occurred. Follow-up was conducted and a re-port was generated.

Officers responded to the location regarding a report of a carjacking at the 2500 block of Colfax Street at 6:42 p.m. The sus-pect reportedly confront-ed the victim in his vehicle,

threatened him, and fled in the victim’s car. A report was generated.

reporting date: Wednes-day, Feb. 3

Officers responded to a residence at the 2300 block of River Plaza Drive at 3:47 a.m., regarding a report of domestic violence. The sus-pect reportedly assaulted his girlfriend and fled in a vehi-cle. A report was generated.

Officers responded to a ringing alarm and found that forced entry had been made into a residence on the 100 block of Allaire Circle at 10:06 a.m. It was deter-mined that several electron-ics had been stolen during the burglary. A report was generated, this remains an active investigation.

Officers responded to the 1200 block of Diamond Av-enue at 10:11 a.m. for three shots detected via Shotspot-ter. There was no evidence of a shooting but a nearby resident believed the shots occurred near Arcade Creek. The area was checked but had negative results for any-thing suspicious. A report was generated.

On the 600 block of Hag-gin Avenue at 11:13 a.m., officers responded to a de-spondent subject that had locked himself in his room armed with knives, an axe, and a baseball bat. Offi-

cers made contact with the subject who had the above mentioned weapons in his room with him. Officers safely detained the subject and transported him to have a mental health eval-uation completed at a local hospital.

Officers responded to the 3500 block of Auburn Bou-levard at 7:29 p.m. regarding a 9 year old that was break-ing windows. Upon arriv-al, officers discovered that the child had broken out eight windows over the past 24 hours. The child was booked into juvenile hall for felony vandalism.

At 8:17 p.m., officers re-sponded to an emergency call with unknown circum-stances on the 1000 block of Olivera Way. Upon ar-rival, officers contacted a subject on scene who spon-taneously confessed to hurt-ing his roommate after they got into an argument. Of-ficers made entry into the house and located the victim conscious and lying on the ground with a head injury. The victim was transported to a local hospital with se-rious, non-life threatening injuries. The suspect was booked for assault charges.

Officers responded to reports of a suicidal fe-male that had taken a large

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amount of pills at the 2000 block of Riggs Avenue at 11:55 p.m. The complain-ant relayed that her friend was making suicidal threats on the phone and had sent her a photo of a handful of pills. Upon officers’ arrival, they contacted the female and confirmed that she had taken pills. Fire responded and transported the female to the hospital where she was treated and placed on a mental evaluation hold.

reporting date: thursday, Feb. 4

Officers responded to nu-merous calls of a fight on the 700 block of Dixieanne Avenue at 1:20 a.m. As they arrived, a vehicle was observed fleeing at a high rate of speed. Officers were advised that someone had been stabbed during the fight and stopped it in front of the Arden Fair Mall. Of-ficers discovered that that there was a passenger in the vehicle which had sustained a non-life threatening stab wound during the fight. Medical personnel respond-ed and transported the vic-tim to a local area hospital. Upon further investigation, officers determined that a fight had broken out be-tween several intoxicated subjects on Del Paso Blvd. A report was generated and this remains an active and on-going investigation. No suspects have been arrested at this point.

Probation officers at-tempted to arrest a subject for a probation violation on the 1500 block of Orlando Way at 10:40 a.m. The sub-ject fled on foot. SPD as-

sisted with a perimeter and the suspect was eventual-ly located hiding in a nearby residence. He was booked for resisting arrest and an outstanding warrant.

Officers responded to an injury accident at 5:49 p.m. at the corner of Auburn Bou-levard and Bell Street where a person was trapped inside one of the vehicles. The vic-tim was ultimately removed from the vehicle and trans-ported to a local hospital. The victim sustained minor injuries and was treated at the hospital.

Officers responded to a bait bike activation at the intersection of Traction and Plaza avenues at 6:09 p.m. Upon arrival, officers ob-served the bait bike being disassembled by a subject. The subject was detained and officers noticed that the front tire on the suspect’s bike was the tire that had been removed from the bait bike. The subject was cited and released for a theft re-lated violation.

Officers responded to the 700 block of Dixieanne Av-enue at 9:13 p.m. where sev-eral car windows had been broken out. It is believed this was related to fight and stabbing that occurred ear-ly in the morning. The suspect(s) are still outstand-ing and this remains an ac-tive investigation.

Officers were dispatched to the area for a Shotspot-ter activation at 9:24 p.m. Upon arrival, officers made contact with several res-idents in the area who de-scribed what they thought were gunshots but did not see anything. Officers could not locate any evidence that a shooting occurred. A re-port was generated.

reporting date: Friday, Feb. 5

A student reported to school officials that anoth-er student was showing off a gun on campus. It was determined to be a BB gun and the assigned School Re-source Officer identified the students involved. A re-port was generated and the 12 year old was cited and released from school. Two School Resource Officers were dedicated to the school for the rest of the day.

Officers responded to a Shotspotter activation in the area. Upon arrival, of-ficers located evidence that a shooting had occurred at 12:21 p.m. No victims or witnesses were located at this time. A report was gen-erated and the case remains open.

A caller reported a despon-dent female pointing a gun in the air at the intersection of Northgate Boulevard and Arden Garden Connector. Units arrived and detained a subject matching the de-scription. The female was found to have a replica fire-arm in her possession. She was transported to an area hospital where she her men-tal health was evaluated.

At 9:01 p.m., officers were dispatched to the above ad-dress regarding a 17 year old who got in an argument with his mom. He left the home located on the 2600 block of Millcreek Drive without permission and did not let his parents know where he was going. The juvenile has

been listed as a missing per-son since May 2015 as his mother never advised the PD that he had returned the last time he returned. Offi-cers did an extensive search of the area but could not lo-cate him. Information was disseminated city-wide and the following shift took over the investigation.

Officers responded to a Shotspotter activation at 10:15 p.m. Officers contact-ed a subject leaving a resi-dence as they pulled up and a search of the subject’s resi-dence was conducted. Dur-ing the search a firearm was located hidden in the attic. The subject was found to be a convicted felon. Upon further investigation, the subject was booked for neg-ligent discharge of a fire-arm and several gun related charges. Officers also locat-ed narcotics and a honey oil lab in the residence. A sec-ond subject was booked for narcotic related charges.

At 10:51 p.m., officers re-sponded to a domestic dis-turbance on the 900 block of El Camino Avenue where the victim told officers that her husband attempted to choke her. The victim had no visible injuries and the suspect fled prior to officer’s arrival. A report was gen-erated and this remains and open investigation.

Saturday, Feb. 6Officers responded to the

location regarding a report of an assault at the 3700 block of Clay Street at 4:07

p.m. The victim provided limited information to offi-cers who determined that he had possibly been assaulted by multiple unknown sus-pects. The victim was treat-ed at an area hospital and a report was generated.

At 4:21 p.m., officers re-sponded to the intersec-tion of Stonecreek Drive and West El Camino Av-enue regarding a report of a vehicle accident with mi-nor injuries. Officers made contact with one party and she was detained for sus-picion of DUI following an evaluation. The woman was treated at an area hos-pital and more follow-up will be conducted. A re-port was generated.

Officers were hailed on the 3700 block of Lily Street at 4:30 p.m., regard-ing a report of an assault. The victim had been bat-tered by her son who had fled from their residence prior to police arrival. A re-port was generated.

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By MatÍaS BoMBaL

Th e late 1960s concrete domed Jello-mold shaped theaters at Ethan Way in Sacramento will never again show another movie, despite fans of the giant spaces to share movie dreams that rallied to try and save them. Standing outside the box offi ce on the last night, Jan. 18, I made these observations:

I was amazed how sparse the last night’s attendance was. Where were the 750-plus folks that like the “Save the Domes” Campaign Facebook page? Th at would have been four times the number of folks that attend-ed the fi nal night on all of the theater’s screens.

It’s no wonder then that SyWest, the property com-pany that owns the domes and land feels that box the-aters are better. Th ey are alleging to build box theaters on the site, and have gone so far as to obtain the nec-essary permitting. When the movie theater exhibition industry tanks in a few years, the new box theaters will be easier to change into stores, restaurants and retail, which I am sure SyWest knows all too well. Th ey cer-tainly could not have that fl exibility with dome shaped buildings. Th ey see the writing on the wall of their per-sonal devices, Netfl ix and streaming. I would venture to guess that even though they have theaters permit-ted for construction, they may not even build them, but rather go directly to retail. Th is is backed up by the recent events at the Sundance Film Festival where all of the major buzz movies were sold not to movie dis-tributors, but online streaming services Netfl ix and Amazon. Only one movie,”Th e Birth of a Nation” (2016) was sold to be distributed theatrically by Fox Searchlight from the well over 30 entries.

I stood there all night to see who cared enough to show up for the Century’s last hurrah. Earlier in the day, I phoned Cinemark for permission to photograph inside, but was denied. I hope these mid-century modern theaters will continue to live in the hearts of those who had memories made there, like many Sacramentans, for that will soon be the only place that they may be visited. At 7 a.m. on the morn-

ing of the last day the

trucks arrived to remove all of the furnishings and equipment to prepare for demolition. Everything was out by the following Friday. Unlike the hos-tile takeover of the Crest Th eatre over a year ago October by a new owner, forcing out 28 year ten-ant CSLM, Inc., which caused irreparable loss of many jobs, many of the Century’s employees will simply be transferred to the chain’s theaters in La-guna and Greenback.

I watched as a Mexican man in his late 30s held up his daughter to look at the rounded shapes that would soon be gone, the two looking wistfully at what would only exist in their mind’s eye in the future. Th e mother joined them and they walked away around 9:10 p.m. Th ey were the last family to see a movie together at the Century domes.

Moments later, an employee by the name of Sarah left crying, “Bye, theater: I want to cry; this is so stu-pid.” She reached up to take a last photo of the box-of-fi ce with her phone, hopeful that she will be placed at the Greenback Th eatre. Most of the arriving patrons had no idea the theater was closing, until they handed their tickets to the doorman, Lash. Announcing “Wel-come to our fi nal night at the Century,” Lash tore off the stubs and handed them back to the patrons, direct-ing them to the correct auditorium.

An African-American lady in her early 50s ar-rived to the box offi ce with her son in a gray

“hoodie”. Th ey were the last folks to buy tickets to “Star Wars: Th e Force

Awakens” at the Century Domes. Th ere were only eight people in

the entire auditorium. Brandon Dustin, wearing

a lavish purple soft blazer, pinkish-red A’s baseball cap and orange shoes bought a ticket for himself and his pal Gregory Spielman

for the non road-show version

of “Th e

Hateful Eight”, which was not the last movie to start that night, but would be the last one to get out. Th ey had to come for the last time; having seen the news on television that the end had come. Th ey were the only two in that auditorium to see it.

At 11:50 p.m., Amanda Yancey and Steven Sch-neider arrived fi ve minutes late to the last movie to start that evening, “Joy”, which hit the screen at 11:45 p.m. Th e two bought the last two tickets ever sold at the Century Th eatre domes. I snapped their photo together at the door, feeling a bit sentimental knowing that was it.

Th e parking lot, with only 12 cars visible, took on an eerie fog-like mood, like that of a graveyard, a si-lent witness to the end of an era. At 1:23 a.m. the morning of the 19th of January, Brandon Dustin and pal Gregory Speilman, exited the glass doors. Th ey were followed by Lash. Th e three posed for a “self-ie” mobile phone photograph, which they then post-ed to social media.

Inside, the ocean of seats would never be used again. Th ere would never be the sound and smell of popcorn greeting the senses. Th e green exit signs showed the way out only to ghosts of audiences past. Th e screens would never again refl ect the fac-es of the idols of the movies. Th e game room’s ma-chines fell silent at last, after making for a noisy lobby for years. Th ey had been unplugged at the be-ginning of the last show.

Silence.Th ese theaters opened for the roadshow premiere

of “Camelot” in 1967. First with one big dome, then a second in 1968. For many of my generation, the fi rst fi lm many of us saw there was “Star Wars” in 1977. Earlier that night, as I walked around tak-ing photos, the sound eff ects of blasters, the voice of Harrison Ford and John Williams’ music bled through the doors, this time from “Star Wars: Th e Force Awakens”. Th at was an indelible fl ash back to 1977 and will be my last memory of the domes... with my fi rst memory: Th e applause after the orig-inal “Star Wars” in 1977- that sound... is still ringing in my ears.

The sun sinks sadly for modernists who loved the Century Theatre domes, which died in loneliness


Hail, Caesar! The MPAA has rated this PG-13

Universal Pictures releases the lat-est Coen Bros. picture, “Hail, Ceasar!” a comedic look at a classic movie stu-dio so very close to the real M-G-M of the Golden Era that the characters are named after real M-G-M execu-tives. It was even filmed at Sony Stu-dios, what had once been the M-G-M studio. Set in the 1950s, it relates the experience of the studio’s cover-up executive, the man in charge of keeping the company’s human assets, actors and others under long term contracts, from any bad or unfortu-nate publicity.

In an era before the tabloid insani-ty of today, the movie studios careful-ly controlled all publicity about their personalities, which they built up over time with considerable investment. From arranged marriages and dates for publicity that would benefit the studio, to the more unseemly issues covering up homicides, underage sex-ual encounters, sexual deviance and a host of other issues that some mov-ie starts might get involved with that must not reach the press.

Josh Brolin stars as just this type of a “fixer” for the fictional Capitol Stu-dios, Eddie Mannix. We see that he has a quiet home life with his wife and two kids, although hardly there as he’s up at all hours keeping way-ward studio assets from disaster. At the beginning of the picture, he’s pull-ing away an underage starlet from a photographer taking French post-card type photos of her and bribing the police, who he knows on a first name basis, not to mention a thing about the issue in the press.

Mannix has a stressful life, and with two kids, a job with less stress would be helpful. He finds himself going to confession every day, where he tells the priest that he lies to his wife about quitting cigarettes. Man-nix is being courted, in a rather clan-destine fashion, by a leading aero-nautical company to come work for them for much better money. The core of this movie is about his un-ease in choosing to stay in the mov-

ie business or take the job with more security and less stress.

Peppered around this thin core story are several delightful vignettes evocative of movie studio life in classic Hollywood. Mannix’s stress is bound to get worse when a group of disgrun-tled communists have kidnapped the studio’s biggest male star, Baird Whit-lock, played by George Clooney. They hold him for ransom. Whitlock is loosely modeled after a Robert Tay-lor type. Thus, this movie studio’s big-gest biblical epic in production, “Hail, Caesar!”, so very much like M-G-M’s two versions of “Ben-Hur” comes to a grinding halt.

Eddie Mannix in real life was in-deed a “fixer” at the M-G-M stu-dios. Although Brolin’s role has the same job and name, the movie is not a depiction of, or a biographi-cal account of the real Eddie Man-nix. You’ll also hear the name Nick Schenck talked about on the phone in the movie as a studio boss. It is not supposed to be the real Nich-olas Schenck, chief executive of Loews, Inc. which owned M-G-M, the real life boss of Louis B. Mayer, Irving Thalberg and others.

We also get to visit the studio’s big swimming star, DeeAnna Mo-ran, played by Scarlett Johansson, who gives us her best Esther Wil-liams, in sequences actually shot in Esther’s original pool stage at what had been the real M-G-M. She has a child with no father for Eddie to fix. Then there is the tension be-tween the director of refined draw-ing room comedies, Laurence Lau-rentz (Ralph Fiennes) and cowboy star Hobie Doyle (Alden Ehren-reich), an Audie Murphy type strug-gling with his drawl to say lines in a clip Brit accent trippingly.

It is 26-year-old Alden Ehrenrich which makes this picture so enjoy-able, along with some very brilliant comedic vignettes that classic mov-ie fans will really enjoy. Sadly, the movie’s thin plot and very rushed unsatisfactory ending was a great disappointment. It was great to see some great vintage Hollywood spots in the movie, including the inside of

the old Hollywood Palladium, which serves as supper club where Ho-bie takes his arranged date, Carlot-ta Valdez (Veronica Osorio). You’ll also see the beautiful Los Angeles Theatre, where Hobie’s movie pre-mières. The Los Angeles is one of the nation’s last great movie places.

I was so disappointed that this mov-ie did not meet the excellence of the past work of the clever and artistic Coen Brothers, yet it has fun moments for movie fans, the best of which oc-curs with a film editor played by Fran-ces McDormand and an old film ed-iting device called a Moviola. Also in the picture, Tilda Swinton in a double role as sister gossip columnists, Jonah Hill, and Channing Tatum.

The Choice The MPAA has rated this PG-13

Lions Gate offers “The Choice”, the latest movie adaptation of a Nicho-las Sparks romance. The cast is not made up of major players other than the great actor Tom Wilkinson as Shep, the local veterinarian in a coast-al town where opposites begin to at-tract between two neighbors, Travis (Benjamin Walker) and Gabby (Te-resa Palmer).

The two fall in love after a rough start as they annoy each quite a bit. Naturally, there are complications, in

that he’s a ladies’ man which few find hard to resist, and she actually has a boyfriend, Ryan (Tom Welling).

As much as my colleagues deride these Sparks movie romances, which he also partially produces, I find in them values not seen in many mod-ern movies. The story development is slow, which I like, allowing the charac-ters to be properly established. There are no explosions, nasty dialog or loud music. Nor will you find all those computer graphic infested elements of pop culture garbage that may be seen in most major releases. They are in a way rather old fashioned. To me, that’s a value. It’s nice to see these less-er known actors have a chance to have dialogue advance the story with some rather beautiful photography; in this, it is the fine work of Alar Kivilo.

In one sequence, Travis takes Gab-by to his tiny private island, his spe-cial place. This is evocative of the scene between Greta Garbo and John Gilbert on the Isle of Friend-ship in the 1927 silent movie “Flesh and the Devil”, right down to the row boat. This movie will likely quick-ly be forgotten. It is not very good, but yet, for the reasons I mentioned, not that bad either. Nicholas Sparks’ movies are the movie version of Hall-mark cards or paintings by Thomas Kinkade: A pleasing, pretty serenity but without much life.

Matías Bombal’s HollywoodAlison Rosa, Universal Pictures

1950s Hollywood. Scarlett Johansson and Josh Brolin in “Hail, Caesar!”

Ben Walker rows Teresa Palmer to his special island in “The Choice” Photo: Dana Hawley, Lions Gate


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Eskaton celebratd the lives of the seniors they serve by bringing together 100 Years of Fashion on Jan. 23. By partnering with the Sacramento Art Deco Society, 10 decades of clothing were on display along with 300 handbags from 1900 to 1999. In addition, 10 wedding dresses from Recapture Designs highlighted the chang-ing styles from the Titanic era to modern day bridal fashions. The 80 residents living at Eskaton Lodge Gold River participated by displaying old photos and vintage clothes from their own collections. “I am so excited,” says 90-year old Lavern Hayden who lives at Eskaton. “I had my daughter bring my wedding dress and engagement dress over from Australia. I am also having my son put together my husband’s military uniforms.”

A special contributor included the granddaughter of Maybelline of Hollywood, Cherise Williams, who loaned artwork for the show. Ms. Williams also donated coffee table fashion books to be sold, proceeds going to Eskaton Foundation which supports the needs of aging adults.

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Recreation Supervisor Alai-na Lofthus recognized the rise in popularity of this unique sport and decided to take ac-tion. Alaina asked Asaro to aid her in this task for his first project as the new sports co-ordinator for C.R.P.D. In just a few short weeks, they re-ceived a grant for the nets and balls from USAPA, the offi-cial Pickleball distributor of the country. During the grant process they contacted other local pickleball ambassadors and enthusiasts such as Steve Cooper of Citrus Heights, Derek Perez from the Fol-som Sports Complex, Can-dy Alexander of the Pickle-ball meetup website for the greater Sacramento area, and Karen Alfsen the Pickleball ambassador of Elk Grove in order to get as much advice about how to run the pro-gram. They asked Neil Frie-denberg of “Pro-Lite” Pick-leball paddles to see if they could donate a few models for the players to rent out and he came through in a big way by donating five new composite paddles.

“In what seemed like no time at all we put forth a team effort to construct our courts, assemble our nets, and build our Pickle-ball barriers to place in be-tween courts as to keep balls confined to their respective games. As a finishing touch, we came in contact with our two instructors Kate Lahti and Kent Slangstrom who have continued to help us grow our program by teach-ing our classes here at the La Sierra Community Cen-ter. After our initial kick off event this past Septem-ber we have only improved in terms of attendance and skill level as a community.”

To sign up for our classes or to purchase a pass to play in our “drop in” program please call us at 916-483-7826 or visit our front office at The La Sierra community center 5325 Engle, Carmichael, Ca, 95608. If you have any ques-tions regarding Pickleball or one of our many other sports programs for youth and adult go check out our website at carmichaelpark.com or feel free to email me, Joe Asaro, at [email protected].

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american Watercolor So-ciety traveling exhibition comes to Sacramento Fine arts

Sacramento Fine Arts is one of only seven galleries in the United States to be chosen to exhibit the elite and pres-tigious American Watercolor Society traveling exhibition. The opening gala will be held on Feb. 20. the show runs through April 9 every day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Sacramento Fine Arts center is located at 5330B Gibbons Drive in Carmichael. The American Watercolor Society is a nonprofit membership or-ganization that began in 1866 to promote the art of water-color painting in America. Each year the Society holds a juried exhibition of watercol-ors from artists throughout the world.

The Jury of Selection has met and chosen entries for the 149th Annual International Exhibition. Nearly 1,200 art-ists entered and selected 149 artists to be shown.

Come to the Cabaret!The River City Cho-

rale presents its ever-pop-ular Cabaret on Saturday and Sunday, March 5 and 6, with two shows each day: 4 and 6:30 p.m. It’s conve-niently located at the Serbi-an Church Hall, 7777 Sun-set Ave. (between Sunrise and San Juan).

With the theme of Sen-timental Journeys you will be transported back to the era of such songs as “Chat-tanooga Choo Choo,” “Meet Me in St. Louis,” “Route 66,” and “On the Sunny Side of the Street.”

Upon entering the hall you will be greeted by the sounds of a traditional jazz combo and escorted to your reserved place at decorated round tables seating up to eight people. Hors d’oeuvres will be served at your table by the singers and you can partake of libations at an open bar. You’ll also have the opportunity to purchase raffle tickets for one of four fun prizes, with winners to be announced at the end of the concert.

Then the show begins! In keeping with the tra-dition of the cabaret you will be entertained by small groups, soloists, a chamber choir as well as the whole ensemble who will be perched—cabaret style—on stools onstage. A combo led by Richard Morrissey, the Director of the Chorale, with piano by the very talented Kathy Earl Midgley, will provide the accompaniment.

The River City Chorale, 60 voices strong, has been pre-senting the Cabaret for many years and it is by far its most popular concert. So get your

tickets early by going online at www.RiverCityChorale.org or call 331-3810.

Sac State choral concertSac State’s choirs pres-

ent the popular Choralfest spring concert at 8 p.m. Sat-urday, March 12, at Sacred Heart Church, 39th and J streets. The men’s and wom-en’s choruses will welcome guest choirs from Antelope and Folsom high schools, and John Adams Academy. Tick-ets are $10 general, $7 for se-niors and $5 students, avail-able at (916) 278-4323 or www.csus.edu/hornettickets. Contact: 278-5191.

Fe Gallery upcoming show and workshop

Fe Gallery’s February Second Saturday features the talented artists: Chris K Foster, Marlene Kidd, Jim Marxen, Camille Sing-er, Madelyne Templeton, and Stephen Ward. Febru-ary is a busy month for the gallery with the art opening and the “Copper and Fine

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These exercises use the principle of chi flowing properly throughout the body to maintain the equilibrium of yin and yang. Regular practice of these forms will de-velop better balance and flexibility, gain strength, promote deep relaxation, and im-prove health. This beginning class will also learn the 24 Yang Style Tai Chi and Yi Jing, a traditional Health Qi Gong. Pre-registra-tion and prepayment required or $7 drop-in fee at the door. Class will be held on Tuesdays from 4:00-5:00 pm at ACC Se-nior Services, 7334 Park City Drive. For more details, call (916)393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Soroptimist International Sacramento SouthMeets the second and fourth Tuesday at Executive Airport, Aviators Restaurant at 12:15 p.m. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Widow persons monthly buffet and socialWidowed Persons Association of Califor-nia, Newcomers’ Buffet and Social is open to any and all widows and widowers, the third Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. The buf-fet will be held in the private dining room at the Plaza Hof Brau, corner of El Camino and Watt Avenue, cost varies as the choice is from a no-host buffet menu. There is no charge to attend the social other than the meal chosen. For more information, call 916 972-9722. Widowed Persons Association of California, Sunday Support, is open to any and all wid-ows or widowers, every Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. in the meeting room of the WPAC of-fice, 2628 El Camino Avenue, Ste. D-18. En-ter from the back parking lot. For more infor-mation, call 916 972-9722. Saturday, Nov. 7, Widowed Persons Association of California Workshop, “Coping with the Holidays,” 2 to 4 p.m., the doors open at 1:30 p.m.. A second session will be held Tuesday, Dec. 1, from 7 to 9 p.m., doors open at 6:30 p.m. The work-shops will take place at 2628 El Camino Ave., Ste. D-18. Enter from the back park-

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Community bbq with Liberty Tax ServicesFeb. 13: Join Liberty Tax Services at 4114 Manzanita Ave., Carmichael from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a community barbecue. Con-tests, prizes, discounts and more. Come for fresh air and fun. Jennifer Brown 692-8243 for any questions or comments.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Valentine’s Day at the Sac ZooFeb. 14: Have a Wild Valentine’s Day! Show your loved ones how much you care for them by coming to the Sacramento Zoo’s Valen-

by SMUD and Sacramento Tree Founda-tion to help SMUD customers save ener-gy. For more information, call Sacramento Tree Foundation at (916) 924-8733 or visit www.sactree.com. Properly planted trees can save help you save up to 40 percent on sum-mer cooling costs, increase your property value, clean the air, reduce stormwater flood-ing, and make your neighborhood a better place to live. Call Sacramento Tree Founda-tion at (916) 924-8733 or visit www.sactree.com for your free trees.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

The Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society (STJS) monthly music eventEvery second Sunday of the month, STJS has music at the Elks Lodge No. 6, 6446 Riverside Blvd., from noon to 5 p.m. Each month STJS has a different bands, there is three different rooms to listen to music.

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Nar-Anon meeting for families and friendsThe group meets to learn about drug abuse, share problems, encourage the addict to seek help, replace despair with hope, improve the family attitude, help regain your self-confi-dence. For more information, call the First United Methodist Church at 446-5025, ext. 101. Meetings are Tuesday evenings from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., 2100 J St.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Rotary Club South meetingThe Rotary Club of South Sacramen-to meets at noon for lunch every Thurs-day at Iron Grill, located at 2422 13th St. (Broadway and 13th Street). Rotary is one of the largest service organizations in the world dedicated to community service both locally, and internationally. Please call JR Springer at 425-9195 for additional information.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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Tips for choosing cell phone serviceFeb. 16: If you are thinking about buying a cell phone or changing your cell phone ser-vice provider, this class is for you! Join us for this free workshop to learn what ques-tions to ask when choosing a service, what you should know before you sign a contract, and how to cut your cell phone costs. Find out how you can qualify for a free Federal Lifeline cell phone. Anyone who brings their cell or landline phone bill for review will re-ceive a free gift. Pre-registration is required. Free of charge. Class will be held on Feb. 16 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. at ACC Senior Servic-es, 7334 Park City Drive. For more details, call 393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Music at noonFeb. 17: Free music programs, offered at Westminster Presbyterian Church at noon on Wednesdays. This week enjoy music by cel-list Susan Lamb Cook & Friends play Brahms.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

VA family caregiver support programFeb. 17: This presentation from Shon Tam-blyn, LCSW/Caregiver Support Coordi-nator, VANCHCS will provide an over-view for services offered by Veteran Affairs to support family members caring for a vet-eran. Pre-registration is required. Free of charge. Class will be held on Feb. 17 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at ACC Senior Services, 7334 Park City Drive. For more details call 393-9026 ext 330, www.accsv.org––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Burma & Beyond: Another Bicycle Adventure with Willie WeirFeb. 17: Join Sacramento native, bike ad-vocate and adventure traveler Willie Weir for an evening of stories from Burma (also called Myanmar), including being tossed out of a monastery and hosted by the police; greeted by a bazillion friendly people, and never once chased by a dog; to passing hun-dreds of ox carts and witnessing President

Obama’s motorcade zip by on the streets of Yangon. Willie will entertain and inspire you. Tickets are $10. Proceeds benefit Sac-ramento Area Bicycle Advocates. Seating is limited to 80 people. The talk takes place at REI,1790 Expo Parkway. Learn more about Willie at http://www.willieweir.com/. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

New Millennium Music SeriesFeb. 17: The Telegraph Quartet kicks off Sac State’s New Millennium Music Series this spring. The group performs at 7:30 p.m. in the Capistrano Concert Hall, on campus, 6000 J St. Winners of the Fischoff Cham-ber Music Competition, the quartet will perform Schubert’s Death and the Maiden. Tickets are $20 general, $15 for seniors, and $5 for students. Special subscription rates for the series are available. University Tick-et Office, (916) 278-4323 or www.csus.edu/hornettickets. Contact: (916) 278-5191.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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